Last Friday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments will begin the week before Thanksgiving. Tyron Spearman has more details. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics …
Plants Best at Repelling Mosquitoes
Cathy Isom gives us a run-down on some of the plants that work best at repelling mosquitoes. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Mosquitoes are annoying insects that can plague your backyard barbecues and also pose serious health risks. Unfortunately, humans have an aroma that attracts mosquitoes. To avoid them, try planting some mosquito repellant plants in your …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 11-15-19
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended November 15, 2019, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended November 15, 2019, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 14,500 head compared to 17,962 last week and …
Conservation Funding Fight Goes to Supreme Court
(NSF) — Environmental groups are going to the Florida Supreme Court in a long-running legal battle about whether state lawmakers have properly carried out a 2014 constitutional amendment designed to boost land and water conservation. The groups filed a notice Friday that is a first step in asking the Supreme Court to decide the case. As is common, the notice does not …
USDA Issues Second Tranche of Market Facilitation Program
(USDA) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will begin the week before Thanksgiving. Producers of MFP-eligible commodities will now be eligible to receive 25 percent of the total payment expected, in addition …
Promoting U.S. Peanuts in China
The American Peanut Council (APC) recently spent time in China promoting U.S. peanuts. Tyron Spearman has the story. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
USDA Promoting No-Till November
USDA is once again celebrating No-Till November. This fall, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is encouraging America’s agricultural producers to keep the stubble and give their farm a more rugged, natural look. While many farmers till during the fall, NRCS notes the reasons not to do so. They note that No-till improves soil health by not disturbing soil microbiology, …
Yara Incubator Farm at Auburn Increasing Knowledge
An incubator farm in Auburn, Alabama was created by Yara North America as a place to explore, evolve, refine and share knowledge in the area of increasing efficiency in cropping systems and fertility work. Farm Manager Trey Cutts told Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman, one of their main efforts is to look at multi acre production scale type research that will be carried on for multiple …
NCBA Update on Migratory Birds
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) continues to keep an eye on various issues in Washington D.C., and one of those issues concerns the migratory bird treaty act. NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs, Ethan Lane, explains. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm …
Double Food Harvest Growing Sweet Potato Vines
Cathy Isom fills you in on why you should be growing sweet potato vines for a double food harvest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Whether you’re embracing the Paleo lifestyle or just craving something new, add sweet potatoes to the menu. But, did you know that the leaves are edible too? Unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes can …